Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

In a telephone survey of more than 2,000 adults, 21% said they believed the sun revolved (旋转) around the earth. An __71__ 7% did not know which revolved around __72__ I have no doubt that __73__ all of these people were __74__ in school that the earth revolves around the sun; __75__ may even have written it __76__ a test. But they never __77__ their incorrect mental models of planetary (行星的) __78__ because their everyday observations didn’t support __79__ their teachers told them: People see the sun “moving” __80__ the sky as morning turns to night, and the earth seems stationary (静止的) __81__ that is happening.

Students can learn the right answers __82__ heart in class, and yet never combined them __83__ their working models of the world. The objectively correct answer the professor accepts and the __84__ personal understanding of the world can __85__ side by side, each unaffected by the other.

Outside of class, the student continues to sue the __86__ model because it has always worked well __87__ that circumstance. Unless professors address __88__ errors in students’ personal models of the world, students are not __89__ to replace them with the __90__ one.

71. A) excessive
B) extra
C) additional
D) added（C）

72. A) what
B) which
C) that
D) other（B）

73. A) virtually
B) remarkably
C) ideally
D) preferably（A）

74. A) learned
B) suggested
C) taught
D) advised（C）

75. A) those
B) these
C) who
D) they（D）

76. A) on
B) with
C) under
D) for（A）

77. A) formed
B) altered
C) believed
D) thought（B）

78. A) operation
B) position
C) motion
D) location（C）

79. A) how
B) which
C) that
D) what（D）

80. A) around
B) across
C) on
D) above（B）

81. A) since
B) so
C) while
D) for（C）

82. A) to
B) by
C) in
D) with（B）

83. A) with
B) into
C) to
D) along（A）

84. A) adult’s
B) teacher’s
C) scientist’s
D) student’s（D）

85. A) exist
B) occur
C) survive
D) maintain（A）

86. A) private
B) individual
C) personal
D) own（C）

87. A) in
B) with
C) on
D) for（A）

88. A) general
B) natural
C) similar
D) specific（D）

89. A) obliged
B) likely
C) probable
D) partial（B）

90. A) perfect
B) better
C) reasonable
D) correct（D）